Tuesday night’s scheduled Cubs starter Drew Smyly was scratched and placed on the bereavement list. From a human standpoint, we wish Drew and his family the best with whatever is going on. From a baseball stand point, Drew has been the Cubs’ most consistent starter in the early going so the situation was less than ideal. Scott Effross was pressed into something of an ”opener” role. Scott has been in a pretty good groove in the middle inning/medium leverage situations thus far for the Cubs.
Unfortunately for Scott and the Cubs, his defense let him down Tuesday night.